Pokhara, Mar 25:  CPN-UML Kaski district committee organised a rally and mass meeting to protest against price hike, corruption, violence, insecurity and terrorism.

Addressing the rally, CPN-UML standing committee member Jhalanath Khanal said as the country was faced with the problems of price hike and terrorism the present government should take a significant step to maintain law and order situation and banish anomalies.

CPN-UML district unit secretary Somnath Adhikari Pyasi presided over the rally.

Likewise in Syangja, CPN-UML Syangja district committee held a meeting here to protest against price hike and corruption.

Lawmaker and whip of parliamentary party of CPN-UML Parashuram Meghi Gurung said that people were facing difficulties due to corruption, deteriorating law and order situation, administrative delay and accused the government of being indifferent to these matters.

Earlier, a protest rally proceeded from the party office at Thado line and converged to a mass meeting as it reached the premises of the office of district development committee.

During the meeting held under the chairmanship of district secretary of the party Prem Narayan Poudel, a host of speakers including DDC president Ram Bahadur Thapa, Putalibazaar Municipality Mayor Umesh Chandra Thapa expressed their views.

Meanwhile in Dolpa, day-to-day functioning of the Laun VDC in  the most remote Dolpa district is being hampered by absence of the VDC secretary over the last 8 months.

The absence of the secretary, Pradip Giri, a resident of Ward no 2 of Matapur Mainapokhari VDC, Bardiya district  is posing difficulty in holding regular village council meeting.

For this reason, the VDC chairman Bhim Prasad Rokaya has to visit the DDC chairman in the district headquarters  time and again for even a small recommendation.

When contacted in this connection, local development officer Dilip Kumar Chapagain said  a unit concerned had already been requested to take departmental action against the absentee.